calyx

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
2. isim A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
3. isim The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.
4. isim A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.
5. isim A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.